Mellotronists

JMoore6397@... wrote:

>  My first experience with Pink Floyd (Sid) was when I was 13 (1968?) and a
> friend of mine Jimmy Bounds and I were doing our rendition of "Saucer Full of
> Secrets" using a small Craig tape recorder with the  tiny reels  in my
> bedroom.God bless my Mom for her patience!  -- Jimmy Moore
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> Greeitngs Mister Moto and everyone,
>
> Bought my  LP of  "Ummagumma" in 1969 at age 14 (almost 15).
> Played it on my parents' console hi-fi late at night.
> I played and played "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun,"
> until I chose to record onto cassette .
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> Got my dad pissed once when I cranked the volume of the scream
> in "Careful With That Axe Eugene." Was careful not to "Meddle"
> with  P.F. music henceforth.  Was relegated to  :
> "A saucer full of milk" for the cat.....
>
> Ummagumma was my first exposure of P.F.'s use of Mellotron.
> Shortly later on I discovered the previous LP's .
>
> There might be another re-release of Pink Floyd material in
> different CD-DVD versions as tribute (a.k.a. marketing) to
> Syd's passing.
>
> Another "old-timer" to note. The Tron-Meister Mike Pinder
> will turn 65 this December of  2006.
>
> "One Of These Days"  ,   I'll see 'yas on the "Dark Side of the
> Moon."  Heh-heh !    Sorry, a  "Momentary Lapse Of Reason. "
> Gotta " Run Like Hell ", as I'm "Learning To Fly."
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>
> Cheers, - the lunatic on the grass